Half-orc

It's a city in the West Midlands of the UK. Look up Birmingham and you'd be in the right area!

Not sure my wife would agree.

Hi and thanks for the reply! Nope, not a custom. Just a shop bought kit. Here's a pic of the packaging; The outer shell and fin are diecast, but all the rest is plastic. I'm not totally happy with the wood interior, but next time I'll try some alternative techniques with enamels rather than sticking to my safety zone of water based acrylics. I've done some digging and apparently it was originally released in 2001 and the model number is #6903. I had thought it was Polar Lights, but looking again at the box I have here, I might have that wrong. Is 'Playing Mantis' a brand? Basically it has 'Johnny Lightning' plastered all over it! Hope that helps!

It's been many years (decades) since I last sat down to build a model kit, but after my wife surprised me with this Batmobile model at Christmas, I felt I had to at least try. It's a Polar Lights Johnny Lightning 1950's Batmobile, which came with a die-cast pre-painted shell, but all the rest needed to be prepped, painted and assembled. For a first effort since my teens, I'm quite proud of myself and I hope you don't mind me sharing! ~ Paul.

Hi all! I'm Paul and I've recently started getting back into model building & painting again for the first time since my childhood after my wife bought me a model 1950's Batmobile as a surprise present. Really looking forward to doing more modell making and learning about customising and scratch-building from those who know far better than me! Generally speaking I'm a big geek and nerd, but hopefully you won't mind me hanging my hat here for a while as I try to get inspiration and knowledge for new projects. Cheers!